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Standard model of particle physics for mathematicians

reference-request mp.mathematical-physics

mar 12 11 at 22:33 Peter Woit 451●3●3

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Why are modular forms interesting?

modular-forms big-picture big-list

nov 2 11 at 20:59 Daniel Parry 708●5●10

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Why torsion is important in (co)homology ?

ag.algebraic-geometry at.algebraic-topology cohomology homology

dec 10 10 at 18:29 Ryan Budney 21.6k●1●40●101

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A symbol to denote the set of prime numbers ?

notation convention soft-question

jul 12 11 at 2:10 quid 12.9k●31●51

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Mathematics of path integral: state of the art

quantum-field-theory soft-question big-picture

apr 5 10 at 17:41 Tim van Beek 1,001●3●15

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Why certain diophantine equations are interesting (and others are not) ?

diophantine-equations arithmetic soft-question nt.number-theory

oct 25 10 at 16:12 Minhyong Kim 7,159●5●30●52

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Open problems in Euclidean geometry ?

mg.metric-geometry euclidean-geometry convex-polytopes

jan 31 11 at 12:45 XX 253●5

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Does Physics need non-analytic smooth functions?

soft-question mp.mathematical-physics ap.analysis-of-pdes analytic-functions

apr 25 at 6:54 ACL 4,235●12●24

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What is the Zariski topology good/bad for?

ag.algebraic-geometry sheaf-theory

jul 31 10 at 18:01 Sean Tilson 2,352●9●24

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What is descent theory?

descent ag.algebraic-geometry ct.category-theory

apr 21 10 at 18:52 Zoran Škoda 3,129●17●27